--- title: The Caliph, who was naturally very impatient, suffered far more than… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: The Caliph, who was naturally very impatient, suffered far more than either of the others at feeling that his life was at the mercy of a justly offended lady, but when he heard her question he began to breathe more freely, for he was convinced that she had only to learn his name and rank for all dan --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/29/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Arabian Nights Entertainments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/) / [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/) / 29 # The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Opening, part 7, sentence 29 The Caliph, who was naturally very impatient, suffered far more than either of the others at feeling that his life was at the mercy of a justly offended lady, but when he heard her question he began to breathe more freely, for he was convinced that she had only to learn his name and rank for all danger to be over. **Who acts:** Caliph, others, life, man, question, vizir · **What happens:** be, suffer, feel, hear, begin, breathe · **To what, where:** more, mercy, question, name This is a sentence of «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Caliph, others, life, man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg128:7:29 # text = The Caliph, who was naturally very impatient, suffered far more than either of the others at feeling that his life was at the mercy of a justly offended lady, but when he heard her question he began to breathe more freely, for he was convinced that she had only to learn his name and rank for all danger to be over. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 naturally naturally ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 impatient impatient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 suffered suffer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 11 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 12 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 obj _ _ 13 than than ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 12 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 at at SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 feeling feel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 acl _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 justly justly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 offended offended ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 breathe breathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 44 advmod _ _ 44 freely freely ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 49 convinced convinced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 53 only only ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ _ 60 for for ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 62 det _ _ 62 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 64 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 65 cop _ _ 65 over over ADV RB _ 55 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Caliph | | | | | impatient, naturally *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **suffer** | participle | the Caliph *not said here* | more | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | | 3 | **feel** | gerund | the others *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | man's life | | | the mercy | | of a offended lady | tree rules | | 5 | **hear** | past | man | vizir's question | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer question=Stimulus | | 6 | **begin** | past | man | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **breathe** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | freely *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | man | | | | | convinced *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **have** | past | question | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **learn** | to-infinitive | question *not said here* | man's name and rank | | | | for all danger | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic | | 11 | **is** | to-infinitive | question *not said here* | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **question** | | vizir | | | | | | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **name** | | man | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 128 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/30/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/7/)